Where does “off-flavor” come from?
off-flavor (English) comes from English flavor, from Middle English flavour, from Old French flaour, from Vulgar Latin flator, from Latin flātor, from Latin flō, from Proto-Italic flāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-.
off-flavor (English): An unnatural flavor in a food or drink product caused by the presence of undesirable compounds due to contamination or deterioration
Definitions
- An unnatural flavor in a food or drink product caused by the presence of undesirable compounds due to contamination or deterioration
Ancestry of “off-flavor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flavor | The quality produced by the sensation of taste... |
| 2 | Middle English | flavour | odour generally pleasing |
| 3 | Old French | flaour | smell, odour |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | flator | odour, that which blows; second-person singular... |
| 5 | Latin | flātor | flautist |
| 6 | Latin | flō | to breathe, blow |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |